
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
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- Year:
- 1961
- 99 min
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The time is now 10:41,
19 minutes.
- Yes? Yeah.
- Jeannie?
This is Pete. See if you can find
someone to take a story for me.
My typewriter's seized up.
- I'll try.
- You all right?
Yeah, so far.
You better come up here, Jeannie.
No sense of being on your own.
Pete, how long before we know...
- Copy desk? Hold, I'm giving you newsroom.
- Yes?
- Look, Kitty, do me a favour.
- Are you ready?
- Who's there?
- Pete Stenning. I can't write.
Now, will you take it for me?
But for what? Who says
there's gonna be an edition?
Just take it.
Okay Go ahead. Nice and slow.
It is exactly 30 minutes since the
corrective bombs were detonated.
Within the next few hours,
the world will know
whether this is the end
or another beginning.
The rebirth of man
or his final obituary.
For the last time, man pursued
his brother with a sword,
and so the final fire was kindled.
The Earth that was to live forever
was blasted by a great
wind towards oblivion.
It is strange to think
that barely 90 days ago...
Davis. Yeah?
When did it collapse? Anyone in it?
Try and get a local photographer.
I'll send someone.
Mitchell!
- Yes, Dave?
- More flood trouble.
Ascot Racecourse,
new grandstand collapsed.
About the only thing not underwater in
that area seems to be Windsor Castle.
- Martin's down there. Take a photographer.
- Right.
I think Foreign gets the splash tonight, Dave.
Big earthquake piece from Jakarta.
We got enough splashes
with these floods.
"Exeter marooned. Five to six
feet of water, main Devon roads.
"Marines move in with high troop carriers."
I'll even take earthquakes.
Steve, try and get a call
through to Plymouth.
Tell Denison to give us the
latest Lynmouth position.
"Add flash. Beauty queen riot.
Contestants sue each other."
Yeah, we got some great pictures,
but Jeff says we're a family newspaper.
Down here, Mr Davis.
- Anything new on the test?
- Only the last AP report, sir.
New York announces it was detonated
- Must be the biggest bang yet.
- Not that test. The cricket.
Oh. Sorry, sir. Still no play.
Six inches under...
- Were you getting tea?
- I wasn't, Mr Davis...
- Well, you are now.
- Anything else exciting?
Yeah, four transatlantic jets grounded
with reported navigation trouble.
- What causes navigation trouble?
- Sunspots.
- Sunspots?
- Well, ask a silly question...
Right here, Mr Maguire.
More protest letters, sir.
- No. Take 'em to Features.
- Features said take them to you, sir.
I can't stop the bloody bomb.
It went off 10 days ago!
All right. Put 'em down.
Take those back to
the morgue, will you?
- Sir.
- Yeah?
No, this is Bill Maguire here.
Oh, I'm sorry, Sandy. He's out
of the office at the moment.
Well, yes, even reporters
have to go sometime.
Yes, all right. I'll tell him.
Would you mind telling me something?
I was under the impression that
you wanted a piece on thrombosis.
Well, as I can only do
one thing at a time,
what am I expected to do with
Thank you very much
but there's 1,700 of them.
Don't worry about that now. Go down
and see if my car's back, will you?
It's a tan Morris in
the side entrance.
If it is, Mr Stenning's probably in
Harry's Bar. Tell him he's wanted, quick.
- Sir.
- And how's the thrombosis market?
Great.
This'll give the high-paid executive
readers a nice moment of anxiety
Boy!
Mr Sanderson's asking
for you, Mr Stenning.
So they sent Pip the cabin
boy to bail me out.
- I think he was in a hurry, sir.
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